canada.com - 10/29/2008
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MONTREAL - Among the 30-plus head coaches who have worked behind the Canadiens' bench during the past century, none approaches those who joined the franchise's Builders Row last night at the Bell Centre. Not even close. It starts with the numbers for Dick Irvin Sr., Toe Blake and Scotty Bowman, ...
nationalpost.com - 10/23/2008
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nationalpost.com —
That Montrealers are mad about hockey is no
secret, but students at the Universite de Montreal will...
soon be learning that the fervour is religious.
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Are the Canadiens a religion?
canada.com - 10/28/2008
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canada.com —
The suggestion was made to meet Carolina Hurricanes
goaltender Michael Leighton yesterday morning for a casual chat...
in his team's downtown hotel, away from the media scrums at an afternoon Bell Centre practice. But the former Canadiens netminder, who ...
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Home at last - with 'Canes
blogs2.startribune.com - 10/30/2008
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Made that early morning flight back from Dallas
and got to the X in time for the...
Montreal Canadiens and Wild optional skates this morning. This morning was all about the Koivu Brothers, and like I wrote today, Canadiens captain Saku Koivu is a ...
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Possible Future for Koivu Brothers in Minnesota?
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Canadiens Honor Coaching Greats
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... at the Bell Centre. Not even close.
It starts with the numbers for Dick Irvin Sr., Toe Blake and Scotty Bowman, who won a combined 16 Stanley Cups during the 36 seasons they wore the CH on their hearts. I’m talking about coaches who posted a 1,350-678-416 record in 2,444 regular-season games. It’s about their dedication to winning. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s in the admiration they earned for winning as often as they did.
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Bowman inducted into Canadiens' 'Builders Row'
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... , Dick Irvin, Sr., and Toe Blake into their "Builders Row" as part of their 100th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday night. The Montreal Gazette's Red Fisher wrote an I was there for (most) of their Habs' days article, and the Gazette provided a ...
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